Lubricating device for the top rolls of spinning or like frames



(No Model.)

J. A. MoDOWELL-GUAJARDO. LUBRIGATING DEVICE FOR THE TOP ROLLS OFSPINNING 0R LIKE FRAMES.

WITNESSES flw/yflm ATTORNEYS UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSE ALBERTO MODOVELL-GUAJARDO, OF SALTILLO, MEXICO.

LUBRlCATING DEVICE FOR THE TOP ROLLS 0F SPINNING 0R LIKE FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,877, dated August18, 1891.

Application filed August 1, 1890.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

-Be it known that I, Josn ALBERTO Mc- DowELL-GUAJARDo, of Saltillo,State of Goaliuila, Mexico, have invented a new and Improved LubricatingDevice for the Top Rolls of Spinning or Like Frames, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a running or roll ing lubricating device forthe top rolls of spinning, slubbing, and other like frames, and incertain constructions and combinations of parts making up the same,substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointedout in the claims, and whereby both labor and the lubricant areeconomized.

Reference'is to be had to the-accompanying drawings, forming-a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken front elevation of a series of top rolls of aspinning-frame, with the oap-bar in which they have their end bearingsand saddles for the intermediate bearings applied, together with myimproved inbricating device in position; and Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. i

A indicates the cap-bar portion of a spinning-frame provided with thearms B B.

O O C are the double top rolls here shown in sets of three, each series,and having their end bearingsb in the arms B B, as customary.

D D are the usual saddles applied to the intermediate bearings of thetop rolls.

The device for lubricating the end bearings of these top rolls 0, and,if necessary, intermediate bearings of said rolls through the saddles,is a rolling one, designed to be worked by hand, and of spider form orconstruction. Thus, E E is an oil cylinder or chamber, designed when inuse to occupy a horizontal position, and preferably made up of a mainlength or portion E and a shorter front end length or portion E, joinedtogether by a central screw-threaded nipple connection 0 and awasher-packing (Z between the adjacent ends or heads of the two parts EE, which when coupled together virtually form but a single oil chamberor cylinder, but by constructing it in sections E E, as described,provision is made through the screw connection 0, and by changing thethickness of the intermediate Serial No- 360,642. (No model.)

a bail or handle F, by which the lubricator is rolled or operated. Itmay be charged with the necessary quantity of oil by withdrawing a corkor stopper e from its one end.

Projecting radially from the chamber E E are circular series, one behindthe other, of main distributing or oiling tubes G, each seriesconsisting of several of such tubes arranged at equal distances apartaround said chamber and corresponding in point of distance apart attheir outer ends to the distance apart of the roller end bearings 19 ofeach adjacent pair of cap-bar arms B, so that as the lubricator isrolled or trundled overthe said bars in direction of the length of thespinning-frame the outer ends of the tubes G will mesh, as it were, withsaid bearings b to lubricate the same, and to do this more effectuallyit is preferred to make the outer ends of the lubricating-tubes G withbifurcated extensions g, so as to distribute the oil to opposite sidesof each bearing 1). Wicks or sponges f are passed through the tubes G orfitted in the outer ends thereof or their bifurcated extensions 9 toregulate the flow of the oil, which the speed of the lubricator as it istrundled or rolled will also control.

To support the lubricator and make it register or gear, as it were, withthe cap-bar arms B, there are arranged between at least two circularseries of the tubes G and connected with them-that is, with each tube Gof the two circular seriesfeet H, which engage in the manner of agearing with the adjacent cap-bar arms, two at a time, as thelubricatoris rolled or trundled over the said arms. These feet may be varied inshape to conform to the shape or construction of the cap-bars.

To keep the lubricator from slippinglaterally and its tubes G in linewith the bearings b as the lubricator is rolled or trundled over thecap-bar arms, it is provided on its front end portion with an attachedguide or guard I, that in the revolving ot' the lubricator will bearagainst the outer ends of the arms. B to keep the lubricator in line.This guide I,

which is here shown as of ring form, with beveled outer edges, willnecessarily vary in shape or construction according to the particularconstruction of the spinning-frame or its cap-bars.

\Vhen desired to lubricate the intermediate bearings ofthe top-rolls Cbeneath the saddles D, the oil cylinder or chamber E E is provided witha circular series of shorter and secondary lubricating-tubes G betweenthe tubes G, each provided with a wick or sponge, as desired, andarranged as the lubrieator is rotated or rolled to mesh with the uppermember of the saddles D, and by suitable perforations in the saddles topass lubricating material to the reduced middle portions or bearings ofthe top rolls 0.

By means of this trundling or rolling lubricator operated by handthrough the handle F the several top rolls of a spinning-frame may havetheir bearings perfectly and very expeditiously lubricated with a greatsaving of labor and with an economical use of the lubricant, and if theoil cylinder or chamber is made of suflicient size and the oiling-tubesare suitably connected there will be no soiling of the main bodyportions of the top rolls with the lubricant.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The within-described lubricating device forthe top rolls of spinning-frames and other like frames, the sameconsisting of a trundling or rolling lubricator capable of manipulationby hand and composed of a central oilchamber and parallel circularseries of radially-arranged main lubricating-tubes extending therefrom,said tubes in each series being arranged at equal distances apart,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. A rolling or trundling lubricating device for the top rolls ofspinning and other like frames, substantially as described, havingradially-arranged main lubricating-tubes provided with bifurcatedextensions at their outer ends, essentially as specified.

In a rolling or trundling lubricating device for the top rolls ofspinning and other like frames, composed of a central oil-chamber andcircular series of radially and equidistantly arranged mainlubricating-tubes, the combination therewith of a circular series offeet arranged at equal distances apart and adapted to gear with thecap-bar arms of the spinning-frame as said lubricating-tubes come overthem, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4:. A rolling or trundling lubricating device for the top rolls ofspinning or other like frames, composed of a central oil-chamber andcircular series of radially and equidistantly arranged mainlubricating-tubes, the central oil-chamber consisting of a main bodyportion and extensible front portion, essentially as set forth.

5. In a rolling or trundling lubricating device for the top rolls ofspinning and other like frames, composed of a central oil-chamher andcircular series of radially and equidistantlyarranged lubricating-tubes,the combination therewith of a guard or guide on the front end or sideof said lubricating device for operation in connection with the capbarsof the frame, as specified.

6. In a rolling or trundling lubricating device for the top rolls ofspinning and other like frames, composed of a central oil-chamber andcircular series of radially and equidistantly arranged mainlubricating-tubes adapted to mesh with the end bearings of the toprolls, the combination therewith of a secondary series-oflubricating-tubes arranged between said main lubricating tubes,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOSE ALBERTO MGDOWllhL-GUAJARDO.

Witnesses:

DAVID CERNA, SILvEsrRn GUTInRREs.

